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US 8,061,438 · App. 12/094,458 · Granted Nov 22, 2011

Hand-held power tool with a vibration-damped handle

Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,061,438
App. No.
12/094,458
Granted
Nov 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a hand tool machine ( 2 ), in particular a drilling and/or percussion hammer, with a housing ( 4 ) and a vibration-damped handle ( 10 ) elastically supported relative to the housing ( 4 ) with two essentially parallel legs ( 20, 22 ) and a coupling element ( 44 or 46 ) between each leg ( 20 or 22 ) and the housing ( 4 ) that is pin-jointed to the leg ( 20 or 22 ) and the housing ( 4 ). The coupling elements ( 44, 46 ) are connected to each other by a connector ( 48 ) that synchronizes the movements of the coupling elements ( 44, 46 ).

Claims (15)

1. A hand-held power tool, in particular selected from the group consisting of a rotary hammer, a percussion hammer, and both, with a housing and a vibration-damped handle that is spring-supported against the housing, with two essentially parallel legs, and a coupling element that is located between each leg and the housing and is hingedly connected with the leg and the housing,

wherein the coupling elements ( 44 , 46 ) are interconnected via a connecting element ( 48 ) that synchronizes pivotal motions of the coupling elements ( 44 , 46 ) relative to the legs and to the housing, and

wherein the connecting element ( 48 ) is not connected with an element selected from the group consisting of the housing ( 4 ) and the handle ( 10 ),

wherein said connecting element ( 48 ) is a longitudinally extending connecting rod oriented substantially transverse to a working direction of the power tool, having opposite ends hingedly connected to the coupling elements ( 44 , 46 ), and moveable along its longitudinal extension relative to said housing and relative to said handle transversely to said legs.

2. The hand-held power tool as recited in claim 1 , wherein the connecting element ( 48 ) is oriented essentially transverse to a working direction (A) of the machine tool ( 2 ).

3. The hand-held power tool as recited in claim 1 , wherein opposite ends of the connecting element ( 48 ) are hingedly connected to the coupling elements ( 44 , 46 ).

4. The hand-held power tool as recited in claim 1 , wherein the connecting element ( 48 ) is located inside the hollow handle ( 10 ).

5. The hand-held power tool as recited in claim 4 , wherein at least one of the coupling elements ( 44 , 46 ) extends through an open end of a leg ( 20 , 22 ) into the hollow interior of the handle ( 10 ).

6. The hand-held power tool as recited in claim 1 , characterized by at least one compression spring ( 34 ) located between the handle ( 10 ) and the housing ( 4 ).

7. A hand-held power tool, in particular selected from the group consisting of a rotary hammer, a percussion hammer, and both, with a housing and a vibration-damped handle that is spring-supported against the housing, with two essentially parallel legs, and a coupling element that is located between each leg and the housing and is hingedly connected with the leg and the housing, wherein the coupling elements ( 44 , 46 ) are interconnected via a connecting element ( 48 ) that synchronizes the motions of the coupling elements ( 44 , 46 ),

wherein at least one coupling element ( 44 ) is designed as a two-armed lever ( 50 ), whose one lever arm ( 54 ) is hingedly connected with the housing ( 4 ), and whose other lever arm ( 56 ) is hingedly connected with the connecting element ( 48 ), the lever ( 50 ) between the two lever arms ( 54 , 56 ) being hingedly connected with a leg ( 20 ) of the handle ( 10 ).

8. A hand-held power tool, in particular selected from the group consisting of a rotary hammer, a percussion hammer, and both, with a housing and a vibration-damped handle that is spring-supported against the housing, with two essentially parallel legs, and a coupling element that is located between each leg and the housing and is hingedly connected with the leg and the housing, wherein the coupling elements ( 44 , 46 ) are interconnected via a connecting element ( 48 ) that synchronizes the motions of the coupling elements ( 44 , 46 ),

wherein at least one coupling element ( 46 ) is designed as a two-armed lever ( 52 ), whose one lever arm ( 58 ) is hingedly connected with a leg ( 22 ) of the handle ( 10 ), and whose other lever arm ( 60 ) is hingedly connected with the connecting element ( 48 ), the lever ( 52 ) between the two lever arms ( 58 , 60 ) being hingedly connected with the housing ( 4 ).

9. A hand-held power tool, in particular selected from the group consisting of a rotary hammer, a percussion hammer, and both, with a housing and a vibration-damped handle that is spring-supported against the housing, with two essentially parallel legs, and a coupling element that is located between each leg and the housing and is hingedly connected with the leg and the housing, wherein the coupling elements ( 44 , 46 ) are interconnected via a connecting element ( 48 ) that synchronizes the motions of the coupling elements ( 44 , 46 ),

wherein at least one coupling element ( 44 , 46 ) is designed as a disk ( 72 , 74 ) that is pivotably connected at its center with the housing ( 4 ) and that, at a distance from its center, is hingedly connected with one of the legs ( 20 , 22 ) and the connecting element ( 48 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2008
From: SCHMID, LARS; SCHNITZLER, JOHANNES; MEIXNER, GERHARD; LENNARTZ, JUERGEN; KOALICK, JAN
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 020977/0766 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2006 021 307 · May 8, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080283261A1 · Nov 20, 2008